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'Foreign' food that's better in the US
I get my pho phix at a bunch of nondescript places that cater to mostly Vietnamese (which is typical of pho establishments). I have eaten pho in at the same kinds of places in a few US cities (mostly Southern Cal and Bay Area )....
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Lupa - Great Pasta/Questionable policies??
, by a loose translation, the owner and staff will cater to your needs, it is still a Manhattan restaurant that is packed to the rafters seven days and nights a week. If every diner was to custom order a dish to suit there...
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What's "the" food where you're from?
I am not a coffee drinker, but I will say that coffee debate has many disparate roots. New England has tended to prefer medium roasts and to find Starbucks tasting burnt, which is what DD caters to; the classic high end exemplar...
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Top Chef-Kids
Perhaps they are having to cater 2 seperate weddings...only because of the “wars” part. The 1st season wedding challenge was 1 wedding (a gay wedding in CA with a cake that came out of a box and pretty sad looking...
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Top Chef-Healthy meal
for judges. I’m getting irritable with the judges as a viewer. I can only imagine what I’d have to say to them after sleep deprivation, hours in the hot stew room with nothing but alcohol, and a row of challenges that...
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What makes LA a foodie city? Tell Me
there for the good stuff, rather than settling for what’s nearby. As I remarked in another thread, while there seems to be a great diversity of restaurants in some NYC neighborhoods, these are examples of ethnic places that...
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The secret is out... Chef Andy Wai's own restaurant in San Mateo
as there were reports of long lines. If you know him personally he’ll even customize some dishes for you, a practice that has been frowned upon by all the restaurants he used to work for (stick to the regular menu,...
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Investigative Food Journalism - fascinating expose!
it taste better to them than a cheaper chocolate that a connoisseur might rate as being of higher quality. You can draw your own conclusions about such consumers, but we all know they are in plentiful supply, as are vendors...
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Real BBQ in Chicagoland
all the regional styles on the same menu; the small, expert-run shop doesn’t have this traffic, must cater to local tastes, & the op should weight his comparison accordingly.
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How Did You "Deal" With Being Poor (and Young) Before You Could Afford to Dine Out (or eat well dining in)?
Took a second job working for a caterer. I ate “there” every time I worked and/or took home food.
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Chicago Chowhound in Town for 4 Nights: First Time in Austin
really isn’t the purview of chowhound. Maybe you could find what you are looking for by searching the Austin board for a thread on sports bars. If you don’t find something that way, there may be other sites that cater...
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cooks illustrated
Most places soup kitchens can’t take food that isn’t in a sealed container for health reasons. I worked at a cheese shop and we used to take leftovers from catering jobs but they stopped that and we had to toss it...
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TESCO Fresh and Easy
Because they try to cater to a local market, like other international chains, and end up falling flat on their faces. IKEA is trying the same thing. It all depends, on what they aim for.
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Anti-fans of Joe's Noodle House?
I have to say that some of the worst food I’ve ever had was Chinese-American food served at Chinese restaurants. If you want to play it safe, you need to stick to restaurants that cater to a purely American audience. One of...
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What are your favorite kitchen myths?
I have now known three people who have put their ovens on self clean the day of a big party only to have it trip the thermostat, leaving them oven-less for the event. One of them unfortunately belonged to a guy who I was catering...
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